The goal of the meeting hosted by the Sacramento Metro Fire Department was for the different agencies to become more familiar with each other.

Agencies from Sacramento and Yolo counties that operate boats either for rescue or patrol met at Discovery Park. They say if they need to work together on a rescue they want to be best prepared to do that.

“We can call on each other for assistance on the waterways," said Sacramento Metro Fire Battalion Chief Mark Repetto. "It's good to know different types of communication, how to communicate with them, what resources they have, what capabilities they have and what they can provide to help mitigate the emergency."

Repetto said this is the first time an event like this has been held in recent years.